Typographical machine.



B. L. WHITE & G. W. URLE.

ILED SBPT.21, 1912.

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Speciication of Lettere Patent'. i

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implication died @september 21, i912. erlelo. 121,541.

' improvement in Typogrnphicei Machines,

of which the following` is e specicntion'.

Unir invention relates to typographical costing machines, such as linotype machines of thegeneral organization represented in Letters Patent of the United Stetes,No. 436,532, to 0. Mergenthnler, wherein circuleti motrices are released from a magnzine in the order in which their characters ore to a pear lin print, and then assembled in line t e composed line transferred to the face oi a mold, the mold lled with molten .metal to form a. slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.l

More articularly'., the invention relates to the molclcarrier or disk, which is ordinarily provided with two or more molds of dierent size, any one of which may he brought into operative relation to the other parts, as desired. ln ordinary rnctice, this disk is rotated by e pinion, w lich receives its motion from n pin or stud on n collar inst on the driving shaft, es illustrated, for instance, in Lowers Potent ot' the 'United States to il". H. Rondell, No. Zitldlidg end, in order to chenge the mold, it is necessery to shift the pinion torwnrd hp' hond, thereby disenit from the d t; pin stud, end then to torn it rela y 'the @inuit to the :ind lo nothcr mold into operative position, nl rich the A inion signin engeged with nin i certein types inechines, when rest sind in norn inni condition, the ejector hlnde contained wholly or pnrtly within the mold, ns illnstrotted, for exemple, in `Letters Patent of the TUnited States to d. it, Rogers, No. Stw, wherein is nlso disclosed ineens which prevent the operntion of the parte, unless the ejector loliide occupies this position. in mnhing the manuel ndjnstment referred to, for the purpose of bringing nnoiher mold into operation, it sometimes happens that the mold slot does not noruratelv aline with the ejector lalndc, and consequently when it is attempted to move the letter orvverd into gy LB the slot, it will contact with the heck of the mold, thus involving not only inconvenience and delay in the operation of the machine, lout also resulting in injury to the blade or to the costly mold elements, in order to obvinte thisl diiiiculty, it is desirable thet 'the mold should be made to regisr inmine-V dietely and exactly with the other ports. 'llo this end, we have provided, in connection witl1 the means for odjnsting the mold cerner supplemental means to register the selected mold in operative position, and s ciicelly, these means take theforni o a stationery stud or pin adapted t'o engage a recess in the actuating pinion.

In the accompanying drawing, we'have shown our improvement as applied to e linotype machine, but obviously it is capable of hroader application, and may he employed invariant forms, which will suggest themselves-,to those skilled in the art, and in connectionwith other styles of typographical machine, such, for instance, as those design to produce type and the like instead ot slugs or/ inotypes, es in the present instance. Gew orally speaking, we desire it to be understood that we do not limitourselves to any s celtic form or embodiment, exce t in so ir es; such limitations are s ecifie in the cleims.

Referring to the rowing: Figure l is e side elevation, partly broken nwey end in section, ot' the mold wheel end relnted ports in .si linotype machine, heving our invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is e pien view, pertly broken iin'ay end in section, of the come; end iiipf. t is e sectionei detnil, teiten suhstontinllv en the line i-B of l..

is in coniniercini linotype machine, the mold n struction The pinion 'm dote inhly connected the shaft F, it heling formed with n. hole-or recess lll, adopted to engage the driving pin if on the collar i?? of the shaft. il spring lil noirnnlljv holds the pinion E in operative connection to its driving ineens, endl n lnoh if is provided to permit the interni inovenient and disconnection oi? the pinion, when it may he niiinunlly rotated to adjust the mold wheel, in the rnnnner set forth in the seid lllandaili patent. ilso ns shown in Fig. 2;, one of the molds iB is in operative reledii lll@

tion to the ejector blade C, which advances through thek mold slot to eject the slug therefrom, andk to cause its assage between the trimming knives D, all 1n the usual manner. As previously pointed'out, and in order to avoid delay and inconvenience, and injury to the parts, it is necessary, when another mold is brought into operation, that its slot should be made to register accurately with the ejector blade. To this end, we mount a lixed bracket G, provided with the stationary rcgstering pin G1, at the side of the pinion and in immediate proximity thereto, in such manner that, when the pinion is disconnected `from its drivin means, and after it has been turned to adjust the mold wheel and to bringanother mold into oper-- ative position, the pinion may be again moved laterally so as to engage the stationary pin (11 in its hole or recess E1. The location of the stationary pin G1 is such, that, when it enters the recess E1, the mold Wheel is properly adjusted and the selected mold thereon registers with the ejector blade C and the 'other related parts. After the ejector-blade is inserted in the mold slot, the pinion A may be moved laterally to disengage it from the stationary pin G1 and to connect it again with the actuation pin F1.

s reviously stated, many variations and modi cations of our invention will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and still be comprised within its scope.

Having thus described our invention, its construction and mode of operation, what We claim and desire to secure b Letters Patent of the United States is as ollows:

l. In a typographical casting machine, the combination of an adjustable mold car` rier provided with a plurality of molds, means to adjust the mold carrier to bring any selected mold into operative position, and relatively fixed supplemental means to engage said adjusting means so as to register the mold carrier inits adjusted position.

2. In a typographical casting machine, the combination oi a rotary mold Wheel nume? provided with a plurality of molds, a pinion for adjusting the mold wheel to bring any selected mold yinto o erative position, and relatively fixed supp emental means to engage the pinion so as to register the mold Wheel in its adjusted position.

3. In a typographical casting machine, the combination of a rotary mold wheel provided with a plurality of molds, an actuating pinion therefor, a driving shaft upon which the pinion is mounted, said pinion bein adapted to be disconnected from its driving shaft at will so as to adjust the mold wheel tobring any selected mold'into operative position, and a device to engage the actuating pinion so as to re ister themold wheel in its proper adjuste lposition.

4. In atypographical casting machine, the combination of the rotary mold wheel A provided with a plurality of molds B, its actuating pinion E, the driving shaft F upon which the pinion is mounted, the said pinion being adapted to be disconnected from the driving shaft at will so as to adjust the mold carrier to bring any selected mold into operative position, and provided with a recess E1, and the stationary stop G1 to engage in said recess of the pinion so as to register the mold wheel in its proper adjusted position. i

5. In a typographical casting machine, the combination of the mold wheel A, its laterally movable actuating pinion E formed with the recess E1, the actuating pin F1 adapted to engage said recess in one position of the pinion, and the stationary registering pin G1 adapted to engage, said recess in another position of the inion.

In testimony whereo we hereunto set our hands this 13th day of September, 1912, 1n the presence of two attesting witnesses.

BURT L. VVHlTE. CHARLES lV. CURLE.

llt'itnesses:

R. H. VAN Scanlon, A. B. COLLiNs. 

